John Franchi is a morning anchor and reporter for 'Good Day Utah' on FOX 13 News.
COLORADO — Efforts to expand access to free school meals fell short of the finish line during Utah’s 2024 legislative session.Eight states, including Colorado, have found ways to cover the costs of free meals.
“I am going to play the Jewish mother card,” said Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet . “I am a Jewish mother, you look hungry, eat, eat.” FULL DATA: Records obtained by FOX 13 News show Utah families are plagued by $2.8 million in school meal debt To pay for the program, the measure reduced the amount of tax rebates and deductions for the state’s residents who earn more than $300,000 a year.The 2023-2024 school year is the first for the program. It has been popular with Colorado families.“It shows there is a need for it,” Anya Rose of Hungre Free Colorado told me in a Zoom interview. “We are lucky this was in place this school year as families were dealing with increasing costs of living and really high food costs.
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